The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-11
Orange County.
Bradford.


day fire destroyed the barn of Fred b.
Staples on Back street. The origin of the
fire, like the fire at the Trotter House just
week previous, is mystery. The fire com
pany did good work and saved the ell and
house. Some of the boards on the end of
the ell next the barn were burned halfway
through. The barn was not insured. The
remaining buildings Mr.. Staples had insured
the next day. - Henry Frary has moved
to Cookville to carry on the Tapln grist-
mill. 80 A meat market is being put into
the north corner room in the old Prichard
block by l.. j. Brown of Newbury. -
The insurance on the buildings burned a
week ago has all been adjusted in a manner
satisfactory to the insured parties. Stearns
& Jones, the agents here, act very promptly
in settling such losses. - Albert Aldrich
has taken l.. F. Wheeler's farm to carry on
this year 80 Libbey Brothers now
cupy the Lowe barn for livery-stable,
having changed it some and fitted it up for
that purpose.
Braintree.
Mrs. MARY S. RUGGLEs has gone to South
Royalton for visit 60 Mrs. Rufus Fuller
has returned to her home in Gilmanton,
Wis, and has taken her mother Mrs. Squire
Clatiin, with her. - The Sewing and
Mite Society will meet with Mrs. Rodney
Flint Friday afternoon of this week. -
Rev. G.. e. Boynton is supplying the pulpit
of the First Congregational church of
Brookfield for the present. - School in
district No. 8 commenced last week, with
Miss Lula Conland as teacher. - Judson
Fits went to Burlington last week and had
an operation performed on his eyes. -
Mrs. Mary Shepard has moved into Samuel
Spears tenement-house. - Otis Flint
and family of Lowell, Mass, formerly of
this place, have the sympathy of all in the
death of little son. about four years of
age, of diphtheria. Others of the family
are sick with the same disease. His mother
has gone to help care for them - j. D.
Williams has moved his family to West
Randolph He has the contract for deliver
ing the pipe for conveying the water to the
village. =C G. f. Woodward has three
daughters who are teaching school at the
present time. - Elmer Clahin of this
town has caused sensation in Claremont,
N H., by lifting an eighteen-pound shot the
full stretch of the arm above the head five
hundred one times in fourteen minutes and
thirty-two seconds, standing in a three-foot
circle and keeping the legs perfectly straight
during the time. In no case was the left
hand to assist the right, and If in any way
these conditions were not carried out $50
were to be forfeited. Mr.. Clatlin weighs one
hundred forty-eight pounds. - Frank
Archer was in town last week.
Chelsea.
THE death of Mrs. c. II. Scribner was re-
ported last week. Mr.. Scribner had been
slowly recovering from an attack of pneu-
ui, ~; - ,t7 $50 Pi a 80 ~ Wy
s sdo VI nis wii5 sichTtss anu oea.n, anu
On account of his condition the services at
his wife's funeral were held in the cemetery
instead of at the house. Mrs. Manchester
(Spiritualist) attended his funeral on Satur-
| dav. as she had his wife's on Wednesday
MI. Scribner will be greatly missed. having
been prominent in town affairs for a long
| time. - Mile Slack, who has been in
failing health through the winter, died quite
| Il Cot,
A. Davis 90 Ned'1 is here for a short time
from his present home in Detroit. He ex
poets to spend the summer in Europe. sail
| ing the last of this month. Charles
| Densmore has boupht the Francis Bradshaw
place of ]. b. Bacon for $500, - Thomas
Godfrey has bought of Hattie S. Vincent's
estate eS for $500 the house occupied by DR.; f.
sold his nlace 10 Jobn NJ Comstock for
| q 700 Tba lat+ar nronosas 70 rorno,,o thara
and Mr. Pnffer's n5lans for tbe futnr .ne are
| not yet rnaturad 49, Tha nrorn;sad i;ot 81
summer teachers 10 os foIlaws avcantinn
Nos e and II from which no renort hos
| heen receive5. No o ICbalsao AdadarnyS
| Nancia II Jonoo. No J Caiast;o ~ WIFI
| No A Uale X DARLING. No Z Edith 6
Dearborn. No 7 Ennie Noyes. No 3
Ella r rims, No q Matte II Flint 10
m Cartrnda N Wit. No 10 Uatt;a II
| Carnenter. No 1G Wvrtie r Snraane. No
~ aura y EniIer n ,,.;soI,, Tao;dos 70
| Iaxvs ua1.n Il 4
McTntira who hos Ii,,oI ot Iohn Snn%nrni,
thromgh the winter has cone 70 Rare for
the summer.
E"s' Norih'h'
THE new furnace for the school-house
came last week Monday - j. b. Kemp
and wife and Mrs. NJ e. Dickey and daugh-
ter, who were in Boston last week, returned
home Friday. - Mrs. Frank Southworthl
! spent Sunday with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. George Taplin. 60 Captain George
w. Stevens has two-year-old colt that
weighs eight hundred forty pounds, lacks
one-haf inch OF fifteen hands high and was
e. r.. George went TO Lowell. where he is to
work, Saturday. He has also moved into
tenement in the Joseph Rowe house.
No,,h,r,
DANIEL KIMBALL, who purchased the
Edward Hale place, has moved and is now
pleasantly situated IN the best and most
expensive residence III Newbury. -
Belle Hlbbard is teaching the village school
this summer. - The spring term of
school at the Seminary closed last week
| wednesday. examinations were held Mon
day and Tuesday; rhetorical exercises
Wednesday forenoon. - Thomas G.
Reyes has Just returned from Boston. -
Lyman j. Brown OF this place has hired a
| room in the Prichard block at Bradford,
where he intends to open tirst-class meat
market. - Rev. n. w. Wilder, pastor of
| the Methodist church, has been returned
| here by the conference for another year.
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